Our older cat is 7 now — a very pretty torty and quite sedate. She’s aloof and normally a loner, but likes to sit on my wife’s chest to be petted during TV time.
Our younger guy is almost two now and has always been energetic. He’s the more friendly of the two.
The big problem is he chases and attacks the older girl. She runs to hide and rarely defends herself or swats him. I feel so sorry for her trying to get away from him. In the backyard, he’ll even chase her back and forth across the lawn.
Bottom line—I’d be wary of a matchup like this. I’m not sure how you would be able to predict compatibility in advance, though.
Thanks very much.
We once had an adult male show up at our door - he had a collar and bell on him, and I knew he had belonged to someone.
Spent weeks putting up signs, trying to find an owner; but no responses. We think he had just been abandoned. In the meantime, we had him neutered, de-flea-ed, got him shots, etc.
In the end, we kept him. We had no idea how old he was when we got him, but we had him for about 17 years. He died in September; and he was our last cat from our previous bunch.
The point is: because he was neutered after adulthood, he was always a little wild, and always tried to beat up (to put it discreetly) on our little female cat.
I think it matters when a male cat was neutered, as to how he’ll be as an older cat.
-JT
I second this. My concern is that the young, exuberant male would make life unpleasant for the older, quiet female. Her days might be spent trying to find a refuge, a place to get away...and that’s not fair to her. I would go with the littermate.
BTW, Jamestown, I think I told you I love your FR name, right? If not, I am now. :)